[ExI] Immaculate Election

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat
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>>... I'm not convinced of that.  There are at least two better explanations:  the candidate selection process rewards qualities unrelated to fitness to govern; and there is little to no benefit to the voter in making an effort to choose wisely.

>...The latter is the gist of Bryan Caplan’s The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies, a book I’ve been hoping for years now that Spike would read.

Regards,

Dan 


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Hi Dan,

The reason I have not chosen to invest the time in that book is that I already know Democracies choose bad policies.  Fortunately the USA is not a democracy.

spike